The 2024 Best in Show, “Arches, Window, and Juniper,” by Martin Bozone of Athens.
By Stewart Woodard
DULUTH, Ga. | The Gwinnett Chapter of Georgia Nature Photographers Association (GNPA) is proud to announce the 10th annual Walking in Ansel Adams’ Footsteps black-and-white photo competition and exhibition. This is one of the most anticipated events sponsored by GNPA for its members to celebrate the birthday and body of work of one of America’s greatest landscape photographers… Ansel Adams!!
The 10th annual “Walking in Ansel Adams Footsteps” exhibit of photography will be returning to Gwinnett’s Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, running from February 15 until April, 2025. The Gwinnett Chapter of Georgia Nature Photographers Association (GNPA)is again sponsoring the exhibit, which will have over 130 photographs.
GNPA members submitted their best black and white images which they feel best have the look and feel of an Ansel Adams photograph in an exhibition setting.
Again judging the exhibit will be Peter Essick, who was the judge 10 years ago for the very first competition. He and his family live in Stone Mountain, Ga. Essick was named by Outdoor Photography magazine as one of the 40 most influential nature photographers. Peter has traveled extensively over the last two decades, photographing around the world. He is a working photojournalist, but his photographs move beyond mere documentation; they reveal the spiritual and emotional aspects of nature and the impact of development on the landscape.
He has been a frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine for 25 years, where he has produced 40 feature articles on an array of topics. Some of his favorite and most rewarding stories have been on Inner Japan, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the carbon cycle, global warming, and global freshwater.
His stories include an article on the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the June 2014 National Geographic, which Peter turned into his book, “The Ansel Adams Wilderness.” Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri. He is represented by the Lumiere gallery in Atlanta and by Aurora Photos. He lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia with his wife, Jackie and son, Jalen.
Categories: for the exhibit include
- Georgia landscape: historic structures acceptable.
- Landscape other than Georgia: historic structures acceptable.
- Flora (anything from the plant world): This category is intended to have plants as the subject so intimate landscapes of plant scenes will fit best. This category is specifically designed to be distinct from the landscape categories which may be of a grand scale landscape.
There are three photographer divisions: for advanced photographers with four years of experience; for enthusiasts with two years of photo experience; and for novices with less than two years as a photographer.
- For anyone wanting to learn more about GNPA, which has eight chapters in Georgia and over 700 members, you should visit the website, www.gnpa.org.
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